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JAPAN: Votes contrary; Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/asia/japan-ruling-party-loses-majority-election-intl/index.html

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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JAPAN: Votes contrary;
Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
 https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/asia/japan-ruling-party-loses-majority-election-intl/index.html
 
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Chang. To Tokyo, Lance Gatling, a principal in Nexial research, looking at this headline

0:47.3

in the North American part of the New World.

0:52.3

Japan plunged into political uncertainty after voters

0:56.3

delivered dramatic defeat to a long-time ruling party. That would be the LVP

1:01.1

that recently elevated a veteran politician Ishibah to replace

1:06.2

Mr Kishida as Prime Minister.

1:09.2

Lance, a very good day to you.

1:11.6

The headline itself suggests lots of drama. What does this

1:16.6

vote mean to Japan right now before we get into the policies outside Japan? Is this

1:21.8

a blow to LDP or has this happened before? Good evening to you.

1:26.4

Hi John, good evening and Gordon, evening to you too. Well John this is an exciting time in in Japan as I mentioned before the last

1:37.2

time we spoke that Prime Minister Isheba rolled the dice he went to the people and threw down a challenge to say

1:46.8

support me get with me give me a mandate to perform these things that I want that we talked about national security,

1:55.5

a closer alliance with the United States, the possibility of a Pacific NATO, you name

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